I wouldn’t put any weight on Lynas’ opinion. As I discussed in my review of his book, he argues that at 3C of warming, agriculture in the US would be completely destroyed. This is a gross misrepresentation of Glotter and Elliot. When I showed them Lynas’ interpretation, Joshua Elliot said “Wow. Yeah, that is definitely not the correct interpretation.” When I showed this to Lynas, he didn’t care.
This one misunderstanding alone is highly significant—he incorrectly thinks that the world’s second largest food producer will produce zero food at 3C. This is a clear misunderstanding. In fact, all of the projections that take into account likely agricultural progress suggest that US food production will increase over the 21st century despite climate change.
I wouldn’t put any weight on Lynas’ opinion. As I discussed in my review of his book, he argues that at 3C of warming, agriculture in the US would be completely destroyed. This is a gross misrepresentation of Glotter and Elliot. When I showed them Lynas’ interpretation, Joshua Elliot said “Wow. Yeah, that is definitely not the correct interpretation.” When I showed this to Lynas, he didn’t care.
This one misunderstanding alone is highly significant—he incorrectly thinks that the world’s second largest food producer will produce zero food at 3C. This is a clear misunderstanding. In fact, all of the projections that take into account likely agricultural progress suggest that US food production will increase over the 21st century despite climate change.